New Controls article posted

I’ve posted a new
article to OpenNETCF.org about hosting Native windows controls from within the
.NET Compact Framework. The approach used allows you to host the control within a
Control object and receive notification back from the control thus supporting Events.
The first control to use this technique was the HTMLViewer in the Smart Device Framework
v1.0, but this has already been supplemented with InkX and MonthCalendar controls
in our latest source code. The
bulk of the work required is encapsulated in the ControlMessageWindow so it is a fairly
quick process to implement new controls in this way.

I sincerely hope that we get some extra power in the .NET Compact Framework v2.0 such
as the ability to override the WndProc of the control itself, and built in support
for the Handle property. Of course it is only a week until the Mobility
Developer Conference when more should become clear… I can’t wait!